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A first-degree misdemeanor plea was not justice for the widow of a car crash victim.

Missy Messenger, wife of George T. Underwood, believed the death of her husband should have resulted in a stronger punishment than the charge that was issued Wednesday afternoon at a Marion County Court of Common Pleas hearing.

"Everything that happened today was wrong," she said outside the doors of the courtroom where Joel R. Crosley admitted to vehicular manslaughter. ...